JPAC - Is ArcadeVGA Card Required?

marathont

Hi

recently bought a Jamma Cabinet, and would like to get mame running it. I initially thought, that I could just get a JPAC and plug an old pc I have. But now I have seen that I may need to get a ArcadeVGA card.

After reading around the internet I am still not sure If I can plug my pc straight in, or will I need to get an ArcadeVGA card?

The arcade vga card is PCIe, which my pc does not have so If I could avoid getting that card It would be great.

ambro25

You might or might not need one - depends which videocard your PC has, or which card you could get hold of (for much cheaper than an ArcadeVGA, of course).

See solution (soft15khz with/without dongle) and list of relevant cards at this link:

http://www.jammaplus.co.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22768&PN=1&title=how-to-cOnvert-a-jamma-cab-to-mame-3-easy-steps

PCIe is not important, AGP cards work just fine.

Myrddin

Here's a thread listing known compatible cards to be used in conjunction with Soft15Khz - http://community.arcadeinfo.de/showthread.php?7925-Getestete-Grafikkarten

I use soft 15Khz with an older 512MB Ati card, it's PCI-e, it works perfectly.

The ArcadeVGA card has a native 15Khz output which the JPAC needs. Soft15Khz, takes the standard 31Khz output of a normal gfx card, & converts it to 15Khz for use with a JPAC.

marathont

Ok Thanks, I will just order the JPAC and try soft15khz first. The video card is a Geforce FX5500, cant find much info on that card but hopefully it will work.